What kind of screw-in lightbulbs do you use at home?

[ronthepon]

The fluorescent bulbs screw-in bulbs have come down in price; when they first came out they were $10 to $12 a bulb & now you can get them 2 for $5. My local Public Utility District distributed coupons to customers for substantial discounts on them last year.

Yes, at this time the LED models cost a lot to make. If production increases expect to see prices on them drop as well.

LED bulbs do look very, very promising if the prices are reduced.

 

But 36$ for a light bulb :shocked::eek::xx: is crazy. It's a situation that'll be resorted to when the cost of power goes up, up, up.

 

I must be worked on. Too bad there's a scarcity of Thomas Edisons these days...

[Ganoderma]

Here in taiwan LED are growing quite a lot. In fact this is the largest manufacturer of the bulbs. For accessories (like car lights, flashlights etc) the price difference is rarely more than a dollar for things around 1-20$ (USD).

 

stay tuned to countries that have little natural resources. They will be inovating new technologies to save resources.

[Tormod]

Tormod: If you dont like the yellowish, how do you find the ones with higher temperature. 6000/6500(daylight) are nice and blue. Maybe still a little yellow but i like it. Do you happen to know the name of the thin bulbs?

 

I didn't know there are different temperature ones... :)

 

The thin fluo tubes are called Osram Luminux Interna and have a "Made in Italy" tag.

[pgrmdave]

We just put in fluorescent screw-in bulbs in the light fixtures that we use the most.

[cwes99_03]

If they really care about saving energy.... then why don't they work to make these lightbulbs the cheapest?

 

If LED's and flourescent lightbulbs were cheaper, more people would buy them, and more energy would be saved. but nope.

 

Using energy Efficiancy as a marketing ploy to jack up the prices? Or do they really cost THAT much more to make?

 

The life of these bulbs is supposed to be 2-3 times that of a regular incandescent. I have been replacing every incandescent in my place just recently (which cost me about $25). Now if they all last for the next 7 years then I spent $3 a year on bulbs vs $6 that I had been spending. So they are cheaper for me. I don't know how much I'm gonna save on electricity but I'll see if I can tell.

 

Biggest energy consumers in your house.

 

TVs, Refridgerators, Freezers, Electric Heaters, Computers (notice light bulbs aren't on there, because the above draw energy all day long, even when some of them are turned off.)

[Cedars]

There should have been a seperate choice for compact florescent (which is what I think many mean when they chose florescent). I switched over years ago and saw a big change in my electric bill the first month.